The Meeker herald., 1887-11-12


Air. y. Major and family returned Ia
sisek,r "Wednesday after an absence Ia
Tie las; OF seven weeks.
A humber OF new hats adorn The
heads OF several Aicekcriics. This Is
one uf the results OF an election.
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4 very light vote WAS east compared
10 the registration. In Meeker the vote
waS l51, piceance -, and Coal Crcel.
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We understand ,hn, the Midland vii
max. a survey down Flag creek befos'
deciding Oh which route they VIII take
Ia getting To the White river.
Harp & Wright, Of the Mseser hotel
viii build u two-siorY brick hotel oi
cDmmo!ious dImensinns next spring
The new hotel viii b. located on tho
.pt TO tie east ol the present structure.
we
MrS. ". II. and Miss Grace Hall de-
parted Thursday morning for their old
home In Iowa. They will spent Tie
winter visiting friends and relatives
and return Ia White ti2er next May.
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THURSDAY. III. 9Th day OF November,
has been set aside u, Thanks;iyin;
Day. The turkey /, now receiving his
three meal, day. and la lees Than iwo
weeks he will make a sluar. meal for
sume family.
The ball given by the Band boys las,
TUESDAY evening Was u success, Ia ever.
particular. Each dancc given by this
organization is synonym Of All enjoy
able event. and further comment is ccr-
iainly supc,ilnous.
We didn't gather up rs much news
Tie rasi week a, we nigh, have done
considering tie excitement attending
election week. Fac; /, We had 10 make
~. OFT trip up Sal, river which ruled
sur temper somewhat.
= iiarry Miner ani u. X. Van Cictf
l.fi for the county sea, Wednesday. one
with the election returns and the other
with III. ballot box. ". \. Keller ani
J. l.. Hall left tie same iay performing
iik. duty isu,a CoL Greek.
.iuig- George iiazru, formerly OF
Iccscr. Colorado. las bscn q city vis-
frr during tile w-rs. Tho Judge has
teen pgu~pcciing down Ia Utah during
the summer and lrrls quite wealthy
osvr some locations lie has made. Raw
Illus Journal.
\ number oI Hear river residents
came lrum Glcnwooj Monday after
having proved NJ. aud Tues las they lc.i
Tor ;hcig respective homes 10 ems; their
ballots, III. party consisted oi Edmund
and Eugrn. Taylor. James \. Tou-y.
III. l.. Hodges and Zena, II. Alnuiiln.
Unofficial returns from Hnu,i count,
Indicate tia, thu Republican iirs.; has
carried the diy. although i..nins from
the upper country NAV change the coin.
pl.Sinu ci things entirely. On the dis.
,rici ,lckc, Fucker and Tay lor are ahead
- FAR aud will more than likely come
cut ot the fac- In Ruuii county will u
..,od majority.
II two or ,hrrc people who stopped
uheir subscriptions 10 Tuc HERALD on
election iay would call around and settle
up they would confer u favor on the
EDITOR and get his permission to 20 over
nnd sit ga tlir p.ri. fence aud watch the
damn thing bust. After pas ing mp the,
could witness the busting" BUSINESS
with clearer conscience and more
satisfaction NIL around.
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Charley linlc,t Of Mountain Mead.
avs. passed through iown Yesterday on
lis WAY To t!cnwucl Springs. Mr.. iiu-
lctt says Lay is - votes ahead for
county seat. hut 1t is possible that Lay
viii come ont second hes, In the final
count. IL seems the friends OF Steam
boat Springa played n cunning hand in
the i;hi and are likely to win NJ all tho
Upper Bear river country voted for the
ia,tcr place.
On Wednesday evening at halt-pas,
six O'Clock u small blaze was discovered
w ~ sbE'Jtt NI'HIb'utt. WV uei. hflliA
promptly ut hard 1t YVES soon extiu-
guished. Had the nre broken ont later
IN the night we would have had an tx.
iensive conHagraiion without doubt. but
fortunately there were too many people
cn the street Mt the time to allow the
blaze to gu unnolicui. 4 few shingles
repaired the damage.
\, last accounts the Colorado Mid
land was within three miles of Gleawooi
Springs. and doubtless by this time
have reached that point. AS the springs
are owned by the Midland IL is more
than Likely that they will at once com.
mence the erection Of mammoth BATH
houses, hotels and other structures not
directly connected viii, the baths.
Glenwooi is bound 10 become one Of the
finest resorts in Colorado.
Another landmark has passed into
oblivion. The old Nichols building.
aituatej in Main street Just north of the
Gregory stables. was torn down and the
logs moved away. As this structure
WIS veritable cye-sore ever since the
town was Strengthened out no one will